My blog
My journey to learn about person-centered care
My hope for this blog is to share with my journey as I dive deep into my exploration of person-centered care, which has become my passion. I assume multiple roles in this exploration…the PhD student, whose research is built on the concept; the clinician, whose struggles and triumphs in the clinic are marvellous opportunities for reflexivity; the educator who is in search of how to bridge the gap between research on the topic and its practice in the clinic.
In this blog I will explore all sorts of things about the construct…research articles, concepts, philosophies, ethics, clinical and educational issues, organisational challenges, and mull over my own experiences and challenges as a clinician and educator, and even as a patient whenever I may visit physician (which I hope I don’t have to do often!!). My intention is to learn through exploration and writing. It is a blog for all healthcare providers, healthcare managers and educators, researchers…and maybe even patients. I hope that you will come along for the ride, and find that as you journey with me, we become more humanised, reflexive and person-centered, achieving better outcomes with our patients.
I welcome all feedback.
Taking a patient’s history – lessons from the qualitative interview
I just finished reading “Qualitative Interview Questions: Guidance for Novice Researchers” by Dr. Roseanne Roberts.1 While I was reading through the guide, it occurred to
Characteristics of the Patient-as-person
Welcome to part two of this 2-part blog post on the patient-as-person domain of person-centered care. In part 1, I explored 2 theories that discuss
What does it mean to treat our Patient as a Person?
The patient-as-person is one of the 6 domains of person-centered care (PCC) determined by Lanberg et al in their 2019 systematic review. However, what exactly does the “patient-as-person” mean? What does it mean to treat a patient as a person? To answer this question, I think we need to get a bit philosophical, so please bear with me! The discussion of this domain will be a 2-part blog. In this first part, I will explore 2 theoretical approaches that can help us to understand what it means to treat the patient-as-person.
The Indispensable Role of the Clinician in Person-centered care
This blog discusses the how the beliefs, values and characteristics of the clinician affect the provision of person-centered care
The Biopsychosocial model – overcoming old challenges, creating new concepts
This blog discusses the history of the biopsychosocial model and the subsequent updates and modernised concepts.
The Therapeutic Alliance: An Exploration of an Under-rated Healing Agent
This blog discusses the latest research about the therapeutic alliance. It explores what it is, how it works and the challenges faced by researchers and clinicians.